Lucy McBath

Lucy McBath (1 June 1960-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-GA 6) from 3 January 2019, succeeding Karen Handel.

Biography
Lucy McBath was born in Joliet, Illinois in 1960, the daughter of the president of the NAACP's Illinois chapter. After college, she served as an intern for Virginia politician Douglas Wilder (the first African-American state governor since Reconstruction), and she became a national gun control spokeswoman after her son was shot and killed at a gas station following an argument about loud music in 2012. She campaigned for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election, and, in 2018, she launched her own campaign for a US House of Representatives seat in Georgia. She supported Obamacare, the right to choose, middle-class tax cuts, and "red flag" laws concerning firearm sales, and she defeated Republican incumbent Karel Handel with 50.5% of the vote.